So it’s Steamboat Willie, the first sound cartoon and the beginning of Mickey Mouse’s long career. Because everyone should watch Steamboat Willie at some point — and it’s the 80th anniversary of this short.

Besides, that’s obviously the Yangtze River he’s traveling along.

And for a bonus (i.e., gratuitous) musical link, we offer a bit of “Return of the Rat” by the great Portland new wave band, The Wipers. That’s Greg Sage on guitar, from 1978 — the Year of the Horse.